4 Maccabees 12:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Surely they by dying nobly fulfilled their service to God, but you will wail bitterly for having slain without cause the contestants for virtue.” Common English Bible By dying honorably, they fulfilled their religious duty to God. You, however, will howl bitterly for killing without reason these champions of the godly way of life.” World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers But they, bravely dying, fulfilled their religion toward God. World English Bible British Edition But they, bravely dying, fulfilled their religion towards God. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Surely they by dying nobly fulfilled their pious duty to God, but you will wail bitterly for having killed without cause the contestants for virtue.” |